Mon idole ( My Idol ) ( Whatever You Say )

Mon idole (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: My Idol
Alternate Title: Whatever You Say
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby DTS 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
110 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Box Set
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Music Video
Production Notes
Short Film

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Guillaume Canet

Written By:
Guillaume Canet
Philippe Lefebvre

Actors:
François Berléand ..... Jean-Louis Broustal
Guillaume Canet ..... Bastien
Diane Kruger ..... Clara Broustal
Philippe Lefebvre ..... Philippe Letzger
Daniel Prévost ..... M. Balbot
Clotilde Courau ..... Fabienne
Jacqueline Jehanneuf ..... Maryvonne
Gilles Lellouche ..... Daniel Bénard
Jean-Paul Rouve ..... Patrick
Andrée Damant ..... Micheline
Anne Marivin ..... L'assistante
Alexandra Mercouroff ..... La secrétaire de Broustal
Pascal Leguennec ..... Le jardinier
Vincent Darré ..... Le fils du jardinier
Laurent Lafitte ..... Fabrice

Synopsis:

Actor Guillaume Canet, best known to American audiences for his work in The Beach, makes his directorial debut with the dark comedy, Mon idole. Canet also stars in the film as Bastien, an ambitious young man working as an assistant to Philippe Letzger (Philippe Lefebvre, who co-wrote the script with Canet and Eric Naggar) the overbearing host of a raucous, exploitative Jerry Springer-like game/talk show called It's Tissue Time! in which the goal is to make the contestants cry. Bastien warms up the audience and runs errands for Letzger, in addition to coming up with helpful ideas for the network, which Letzger takes credit for. Bastien puts up with Letzger's abuse because he wants to work with his idol, the show's impossibly suave producer, Jean-Louis Broustal (François Berléand). To Bastien's surprise, Broustal stops ignoring him one day, and starts taking an interest in the young man's ideas. Bastien lives with his girlfriend, Fabienne (Clotilde Courau), who's tired of hearing about how wonderful Broustal is. And Bastien is torn when he realizes that the pretty blond he's been admiring around the office is Broustal's young wife, Clara (Diane Kruger). Things take a strange turn for Bastien when Broustal invites him out for a night on the town that quickly turns into a weekend at the couple's remote country estate. Clara quickly gets Bastien alone and beds him, and Broustal doesn't seem to mind. Broustal makes a lot of promises about Bastien's future in television, but what does the couple want from him? As the weekend progresses, their motives seem increasingly bizarre and even sinister. Mon idole was nominated for César Awards for Best First Film and for Berléand's performance. It was shown at Lincoln Center in New York as part of their 2003 Rendez-vous with French Cinema.

Fifty-year-old Jean-Louis Broustal, a television producer, has all that he could wish for: a hugely successful career, a divine wife and money to burn. What's more, his latest show, "Take Out the Tissues," presented by star host Philippe Letzger, is riding at the top of the audience ratings.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 November, 2006.

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